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Re: [xml-dev] Canonicalizer that uses XML Schemas (rather than DTDs)?

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To: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Canonicalizer that uses XML Schemas (rather than DTDs)?
From: Jeff Rafter <lists@jeffrafter.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:06:28 -0800
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> 1. Is there a canonicalizer which uses XML Schemas instead of DTDs?

Not that I am aware of-- but probably...

> 2. Can you think of other differences that would occur if XML Schemas
>    were used by a canonicalizer rather than DTDs?

Yes, there is a whole range of datatype canonicalizations that you need 
to worry about as well. For example converting a time/date to UTC. This 
was actually one of the most frequently rewritten sections in the 
erratta for the 1.0 version. Probably more than restriction...

Cheers,
Jeff Rafter

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